“My left leg was broken,” the Han Solo actor said. “And then I waited about six months before I broke my right leg,” he joked. Thankfully, he finished filming and was lucky enough to the film in its entirety.

“It’s a really big movie,” Ford commented about the upcoming Star Wars installment. “I was delighted to see it.”

So what made Ford want to do The Force Awakens?

“A really good script,” he said. “An opporunity to work with J.J. (Abrams), who I admire. It just seemed like a good idea.”